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◈ I Made a Tier List the Transcendents Are Obsessed With ◈
Chapter 34: The Inside Story
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The inside story was simple.
First, Geumbi literally originated from gold. As for anything beyond that, even I did not know exactly.
The reason was... it had not appeared in the novel! So there was no way for me to know.
It was not like I was some omniscient, omnipotent absolute god just because the Gallery Transcendents kept hyping me up.
Anyway.
Perhaps because of that nature, Geumbi loved anything gold-colored.
If it saw a color even vaguely similar, it lost its head.
Purr...
So from the moment I put that crème brûlée in the refrigerator until the moment of the crime, it had kept its eye on it.
Incidentally, there was a very devious little scheme behind why it had not stolen and eaten it right away.
"No, I really didn't know..."
Wendy, who also had golden hair.
...Geumbi had held back its desires until the moment she entered the room.
Then it took out the crème brûlée and brought it to Wendy.
The completely unsuspecting Wendy was utterly taken in by Geumbi acting cute after shrinking to the size of a forearm.
And the two of them split it evenly.
"It's not fair..."
Purr!
Wendy's face was filled with indescribable betrayal, while Geumbi purred as if it were a real cat.
A human girl and a beast stood in the corner together as punishment.
It was precisely the punishment their crime deserved.
"Keep your arms up for thirty more minutes."
"Waaah. My arms hurt."
Purr!
I allowed no mana interference with Wendy's raised arms, so they trembled.
The pseudo-cat Geumbi was enduring the same hardship, incidentally. As a Divine Soul Spirit Beast, it was up to me to adjust the degree of pain it suffered as I pleased.
"You mustn't learn things like that. Understand?"
"...Of course not."
Even Judy, who normally would have asked me to go easy on them, wore a sulky expression.
She had always declined before, but during this outing, she had finally worked up the courage to say she wanted to try that crème brûlée.
More than anything else, she seemed upset that it had lost what made it special.
Naturally, Wendy looked like she was about to die of unfairness, but there was nothing to be done.
The deed was done, and results came with responsibility. Some things could not be dismissed with the excuse that you did not know.
'...Just like now.'
All the upheaval happening in the Great Heavenly Worlds was a fitting example.
Not every member of the Security Bureau or every Adjudicator of the Precept Court would have known the true nature of their organizations.
Even if they suspected some corruption, some might have thought it could not be this bad.
But they would already have become part of a grand Narrative at the Transcendent level or above.
There were surely those receiving punishments harsher than their own crimes deserved.
"It's the same thing."
But that was also true of every living being who had suffered under the Security Bureau and the Precept Court until now.
Why else would the Narrative have begun the moment their crimes came to light?
"...This is incredible."
All the results being broadcast live on the Gallery were astounding.
Several dimensions had already completely destroyed Security Bureau and Precept Court branches that had still been putting up some resistance.
Once you were included in a Narrative, escape was impossible.
It was an event that allowed the growth of a deity, something difficult to achieve even after long cultivation. It seemed that every being of Transcendent rank or above had charged in with bloodshot eyes.
- How much have these bastards been stuffing their pockets until now? Even rookie Adjudicators who haven't reached Transcendence yet yield several million years every time we catch one.
- This must all be the grace of our great Lord Oz...
- Live update) A True Immortal is being promoted to the Great Luo Realm lolololololol
- Ah, this is insane, seventy million years' worth... ngh... I'm gonna cum...!
ㄴ What are you cumming for, you bastard? Lololololol
- Thank you for the southern Ninth Dimension Security Inspector. Buuuuuuuurp!
ㄴ Ah fuck, where did you find them?
ㄴ Spatial rift about thirty degrees to the lower front-left from the giant star near the Justice Gate district.
ㄴ How the hell did you find that? You're amazing too;;
Judging by the atmosphere alone, it was almost like a festival was underway.
No, for most people, this really was an event no different from a festival.
An event where you beat down scumbags who deserved to die, and received more than the evil karma they had accumulated.
Even Transcendents who normally did not get along were joining forces.
Like miners who had discovered a gold mine, everyone was shouting about delivering "justice."
On the surface, it was beautiful, but...
- Give me evil karma give me soul karma give me deity ranks give me all the fable fragments!!!!!!
- Bring more... no, bring everything!!!!!!
- No, who the fuck caught the commissioner... Ah, seriously, I should've caught them. If I'd gotten just that, I could've reached the highest rank.
ㄴ You've got a serious case of menhera lololololol. Still, this is a once-in-history opportunity.
ㄴ Fr, the Iron Wall Lord is only at the Manifestation Rank, so I could tear them apart too.
ㄴ Right after the Fable Arc started, even a mid-ranked god could probably have managed it?
ㄴ If you've got an innate deity rank, definitely possible lol.
- These bastards are quietly leaving out the Head of the Precept Court lololololol
ㄴ Buuut... supreme gods... are kind of scary...
ㄴ Isn't the Head of the Precept Court practically no different from primordial-origin beings?
ㄴ Not much difference lol. Even with the Fable Arc boost, you can't touch them unless you're at the same highest rank.
- Ah, now it's time to catch the ones running away;;
ㄴ The easy part is over ㅠㅠ We have to grind now.
The reality was that they had gone mad for the benefits of participating in this Fable Arc and the resources gained from catching those designated as evildoers.
Of course, it was true that most of them had held some degree of dissatisfaction with the Security Bureau and the Precept Court.
But in this current frenzy, they could not help caring more about the scraps falling into their own laps than such minor emotions.
...Which was probably why they had become Transcendents in the first place.
Even Ability Users in the Lower Realm were plenty ruthless.
Thinking Transcendents would have better character on average was nothing but wishful thinking mixed with fantasy.
"Brutal. Really brutal."
Anyway, both the Security Bureau and the Precept Court were being utterly wrecked.
I was watching the catastrophe unfold in real time when it happened.
[ What do I do ㅠㅠ I lost that old-timer Celestial Wind ] - Beyond the Boundary
[ I think they escaped through a Chaos Rift, so tracking them will be difficult too... ] - Beyond the Boundary
"Ah."
Beyond the Boundary.
A message from Epin.
I replied right away.
Me > [ It's fine, it's fine. We were expected to lose them anyway. ]
[ Still, I promised I'd help, but I couldn't do anything... ] - Beyond the Boundary
[ (Emoticon bowing with hands together in apology) ] - Beyond the Boundary
Me > [ I didn't really do anything for you either. I'm just grateful. ]
Me > [ Thanks for telling me. ]
[ ♡♡♡♡♡ ] - Beyond the Boundary
"...Ahem."
I could not help clearing my throat a little at those excessively cheerful messages.
While preparing for this, I had made two further arrangements.
One to pursue the Security Bureau Commissioner, and the other to pursue the Head of the Precept Court.
The commissioner had a chance of being caught even without any arrangements, but pursuing the Head of the Precept Court was extremely difficult from the outset.
So I gave information based on the original work to two Transcendents.
Epin and Nirvakh.
Both were gods of the highest rank, and I had some connection with each of them.
"But this is a little much, isn't it?"
Honestly, I had originally wanted Ok Chaegyeong to go after the Head of the Precept Court, but she seemed busy cultivating, so I passed.
The Head of the Precept Court, the Celestial Wind Daoist, was certain to escape ordinary methods, so I asked Epin, who was at least unsurpassed when it came to mobility.
Still.
Even as I asked, I had hesitated a little.
Our acquaintance was not particularly deep, and unlike Ok Chaegyeong, whose future enlightenment I had told in advance, or Nirvakh, who had benefited from me in many ways, I had not done anything for Epin.
Yet she had seemed happier than was reasonable and accepted immediately.
The barrage of hearts had even caught me off guard.
Of course, it was better than being courted by young forties who were at least four billion years old...
Still, Epin was not particularly gentle by the standards of the original work.
At times, her sly side had even been emphasized. It was only overlooked because she was aligned with good and remained on the protagonist's side through the ending.
"...Well, it is a good thing."
Was it not better to be liked than disliked and hated?
I decided to ignore that oddly unsettling feeling.
[ Caught them, Big Sis ] - No Existence
[ They were where you said, so I trapped them as soon as I got there and ate them ] - No Existence
[ How do you know all this? As expected, you really are something else... ] - No Existence
The messages No Existence had already sent beneath that just made me laugh.
Apparently, Nirvakh had not had this sort of image at all in the original work.
If I had to put it that way, aside from their original Narrative, Nirvakh had felt rather imposing, apart from a little mischief.
[ I don't know if I can eat all of this, but thanks to you, even the increased efficiency of my Authority has become much more firmly established ] - No Existence
Me > [ Good, good. ]
[ Ah, thank you, Big Sis! ] - No Existence
When I replied to one additional long message, Nirvakh's excitement was obvious.
...Well, after our few exchanges, Nirvakh seemed to think of me as a deity entirely above them.
'They were an orphan too.'
And not merely an orphan, but a top-tier orphan who had even lost their adoptive father tragically.
Nirvakh was comparable to me, who had achieved double orphanhood across two lives.
So perhaps it was not strange for Nirvakh to have some need for my recognition.
Since we came from the same background, it was not hard to work backward and understand that mindset.
Footnotes:
"Young Forty" is a Korean internet label for middle-aged men who try too hard to seem young. The joke here is that these men are each at least four billion years old.
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